Sea World

The major hit of our trip was Sea World. Atchuthan loved it so much we ended up spending two full days there.

This is Day 1 when we mostly took in all the shows.






Atchuthan loved all the kiddie rides too.





And here is Part 2 at Sea World. The highlight of this was us getting to feed the dolphins. This allowed us to get really close to them and even touch them. Ats really loved throwing fish into their mouths.

Holiday lights and ICE!

The hotel we stayed in had a really cool atrium with Koi fish all over the place. They also had turtles and alligators. Here are some pictures of the atrium and their ICE! exhibit.



All the sculptures in the exhibit were made of ice. The exhibit was maintained at a COLD 9F. These sculptures were carved by artists that they brought in from Harbin, China. Very cool!

Florida!

We took a vacation to Orlando last week and had a blast. It was nice to get a break from the cold weather and do some fun stuff. I'm breaking it down to a few posts as we have tons of pictures. The first place we visited was Disney's Magic Kingdom for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. Here is a slide show of our evening there. Atchuthan LOVED meeting all the characters. He really enjoyed the little rides in there - his favorite was the Haunted Mansion. Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures in there as it was too dark - but he was not the least bit scared and was laughing all the way.



Here is a little clip of the fireworks.


Mickey and Minnie at the Christmas Parade.


Atchuthan fell asleep as we were making our way out of the park (it was midnight then) when we spotted Tigger and Piglet and mean mommy actually woke him up so he could meet them. It was totally worth it.




This was a really fun trip and we can't wait to go back when he's a little older and can enjoy Disney World more.

The train table

We set it up for him with all the trains. Here's how it looks when it's set up nicely. We still need to work on it a little and make it look more like a train table.
And this what he does to it when playing. (breaks the tracks up, tries to build them again and ends up with broken tracks). As long as he's having fun, we're not complaining.

Another party!

Atchuthan loved all the attention he got for his birthday. We had another party for friends and family on Friday night. He loved playing with all his cousins and friends. This is the first time we hosted so many people at our home and thankfully, it didn't turn into a disaster.
The kids on the dance floor. They enjoyed the music and created an impromptu dance floor in our living room.
Enjoying appetizers and some conversatioon.
The cake! I know it was a Thomas-themed party but it was too much work and I couldn't find an appropriate cake-pan. So we went with vinatge cars instead. Luckily, it turned out well. Wondering why everyone was singing.
Ooh - candle time again. I love blowing them out.
Mhmmm - yummy cake.
Yay - more presents. Thanks to Aunty Aneeta, Uncle Srinivas, Anand and Sunny for the Thomas engine and tracks. He LOVES the book too. :)
Thanks to Sho periamma, periappa, Krishna and Rofan for another Thomas set!
Wow - more trains. Thank you Zukinya (;)), Muk and Trisha.
Yay for trucks! Thank you Apooba and Govind.
And cars too? Wow this is definitely my lucky day. Thanks Latha periamma, Bagga periappa, Radh, Vichi and DJ anna.
And Aunty Shaz, Rick uncle, Raushan, Armaan and Kamaran got him some cool engines from the Thomas show for his tracks. Thanks guys. (will add pictures soon)

Sharing his toys.
I just had to post this one - a perfect frying puri. Thanks ladies for helping me make them :).
I hope everyone had a good time. We enjoyed having everyone over. Thanks for all the wonderful presents too!

Happy Birthday Atchuthan!

Wow - we can't believe that he is 2 years old today! He had a wonderful day. He had fun in school in the morning. And in the afternoon he had some friends over to play with him.

Mommy and daddy got him a junior golf club and some wooden train tracks for his birthday.


Viji patti and KK thatha got him this Lego Duplo Construction site set.

Here are some pictures from his party. The cake (rather - mini cookies 'n cream cup cakes that mommy made for little hands)

Playing with his friends.He was really excited about the candle and the cake. And he actually managed to blow out the candles by himself!Playing with the party blowouts.Craft time - the kids loved making some holiday cards.

Random cuteness

All dressed up.
Showing off his dance moves!

Say "Cheese"More monkeying around for the camera.Wearing mommy's shoes.

Happy Halloween!

Look - I'm a dragon!

Ready for my parade at school with my friends.

The parade. (see - we're all grown up and can hold hands and walk)

Decorating my ToT bag after the parade.

Going trick or treating with my friends around the neighborhood. 

Eating some of the loot. 

Mommy says I did very well and filled up my ghost bucket and that she had to carry some candy in her pocket. Whatever. We should do this more often. I had a blast.

Twinkle twinkle...

Sorry about the dark video - the only time he would actually co-operate and let us get this on video was first thing in the morning when he was lying in bed with us. And of course, he likes to wake up at 6.15 ...

Ocean City

We took Ats on his first beach vacation this past weekend to Ocean City, MD. He LOVED the sand and the water.

On the way there, we decided to take the Cape May-Lewes Ferry to break the drive a bit and to let him experience a ferry ride.
The first evening we were out at the Boardwalk. Here he is chasing the sea gulls and playing a little in the sand.

Tired and hungry - where's dinner? Waiting for dinner to arrive at one of the boardwalk restaurants.


The next morning - at the Beach. He was rolling in the sand and loving it.Enjoying the waves with daddy.

Making sand castles (or breaking them).

Going on some rides at the Boardwalk.

Tuesday turned out to be a cold and gray day. So we took him to play mini-golf instead.

He had a very fun but tiring vacation. Sleeping peacefully with "George Monkey".